Comer's Case

Appeal from decree by a Justice of the Superior Court, confirming decree of the Industrial Accident Commission denying compensation.

On November 15, 1929, petitioner filed a claim for compensation for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained by him on the preceding day. Compensation was awarded on the ground that, although petitioner was, at the time of the accident and had been for some time prior thereto, suffering from a progressive disease of the heart, that condition was aggravated by physical exertion in the ordinary course of his work and that his collapse on the date alleged…